IRAN REPLACES AIR FORCE COMMANDER
NICOSIA [MENL] -- Iran has replaced its air force commander as part of aneffort to modernize the military service. Iranian officials said Iranian supreme leader Ali Khamenei decreed theappointment of Gen. Karim Ghavami as the new commander of the air force.Ghavami replaced Gen. Reza Pardis, the longtime commander of the air force.